diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index f14663b682..7527579995 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Coming in build 309, as yet unreleased
 * Improved handling of dict iterations and fallbacks (removes Python 2 support code, small general speed improvement) (#2332, #2330, @Avasam)
 * Fixed "Open GL Demo" (`Pythonwin/pywin/Demos/openGLDemo.py`) and restore "Font" demo in `Pythonwin/pywin/Demos/guidemo.py` (#2345, @Avasam)
 * Fixed accidentally trying to raise an undefined name instead of an `Exception` in `Pythonwin/pywin/debugger/debugger.py` (#2326, @Avasam)
+* Fixed PythonService DoLogMessage raising fatal GIL lock error (#2426, JacobNolan1)
 
 Build 308, released 2024-10-12
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diff --git a/win32/src/PythonService.cpp b/win32/src/PythonService.cpp
index c6d8e13649..5b6485e33d 100644
--- a/win32/src/PythonService.cpp
+++ b/win32/src/PythonService.cpp
@@ -173,9 +173,11 @@ static PyObject *DoLogMessage(WORD errorType, PyObject *obMsg)
     DWORD errorCode = errorType == EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE ? PYS_E_GENERIC_ERROR : PYS_E_GENERIC_WARNING;
     LPCTSTR inserts[] = {msg, NULL};
     BOOL ok;
-    Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS ok = ReportError(errorCode, inserts, errorType);
-    PyWinObject_FreeWCHAR(msg);
-    Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS if (!ok) return PyWin_SetAPIError("RegisterEventSource/ReportEvent");
+    Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+    ok = ReportError(errorCode, inserts, errorType);
+    Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+    PyWinObject_FreeWCHAR(msg); // free msg before potentially raising error 
+    if (!ok) return PyWin_SetAPIError("RegisterEventSource/ReportEvent");
     Py_INCREF(Py_None);
     return Py_None;
 }